ADAS Strategy Director

About the role

The ADAS Strategy Director leads Ford's global strategy for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), overseeing the development of future ADAS experiences, compute platforms, and software solutions. This role requires a deep understanding of ADAS technologies, including sensing, computing, and motion control, and involves managing the ADAS investment portfolio and competitive intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Own Ford’s global ADAS strategy
• Define future ADAS experiences and enabling technology
• Manage ADAS complexity across the portfolio
• Lead competitive intelligence, benchmarking, and external scanning for ADAS
• Co-lead Technology Strategy organization initiatives
• Maintain ADAS technology and business health databases
• Support the Unified Backlog process
• Collaborate across the global enterprise

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 10+ years of leadership experience in the automotive technology space
• Experience translating technical initiatives into business and profitability analyses
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proven team-leadership experience

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering or MBA preferred
• Direct experience with ADAS technologies
• Experience leading strategic initiatives and technology unit and/or vehicle program milestones
• Experience with embedded vehicle architectures, especially Ford’s FNVx architecture
• Experience developing diagrams and visual frameworks
• Experience in product or technical program management for complex systems
• Hyper-collaborative leadership style
• Executive presence and leadership skills
• Tenacity and comfort working in evolving states of ambiguity

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Technical expertise in ADAS technologies
• Financial and budget management
• Market analysis and competitive intelligence
• Project management

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Pay

Details on salary and benefits are available upon request.

Schedule

This position is Hybrid (onsite four days per week) for candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location.